Annual Inspections Priority #1 For Preventative Maintenance

Annual Inspections are the foundation for all preventative maintenance for facilities. Below is a list of five areas of consideration when looking to improve the lifecycles of your outdoor grandstands. 1. Annual Inspection & Seasonal Checks: This will always be our number one recommendation for safety and preventative maintenance. The Ohio Building Read more…

Bleacher Safety

Bleacher Safety – What’s Your Risk | Part 3: “Grandfathered” New & Existing Defined

  Who is grandfathered in? Actually, the term “grandfathered” isn’t used in the ICC 300-2012, rather a facility meets code requirements or it does not. However, there are some code requirements that reference new facilities and some that reference existing facilities. The best place to start is the beginning, so Read more…

Bleacher Inspections

Bleacher Safety – What’s Your Risk | Part 2: Code Basics – Inspections

  As mentioned in Part 1, our primary focus in this series is the ICC 300-2012 which is available for download free. In this section, we’re going to discuss inspections and applicable definitions. Starting with Chapter 1: Section 105 Inspection: 105.1 Required installation and construction inspection states that after the Read more…

Bleacher Safety

Bleacher Safety – What’s Your Risk | Part 1: An Introduction & Interpreting the Standards

  We’ve talked about code compliance and bleacher safety quite a bit lately. We have had the opportunity to present two presentations at the Ohio Public Facilities Maintenance Association’s Annual Conference and one panel discussion presentation at the Ohio School Board Association’s Capital Conference. At each of our presentations, we Read more…

Outdoor Bleachers

Southwest Local School District: Bleacher Renovation for Code Compliance & Safety Keeps School Within Their Budget

  Southwest Local School District had been aware their visitors’ grandstands at William Henry Harrison High School needed attention. Major safety and International Code Council (ICC) 300 code violations, including the requirement to prevent the passage of a 4-inch sphere in any and all openings, increased liability for the district. Read more…